Receipt Hog: Shopping Rewards Reviews

by Some Random Bloke

Often mistakes real receipts for fake ones (i.e doctored, handwritten, etc) and sometimes makes you mark a receipt as incorrectly processed (wrong store name or grand total, sometimes both or blurry image even for clearly displayed ones). For the ones that still get rejected even after the 3rd attempt at verification, you’re out of luck. Their support team is a total joke which is no longer a surprise to me considering the luck I’ve had getting them to assist with newer issues. They NEVER respond to support requests anymore. You’ll be lucky if they respond to yours AT ALL. The last few attempts to get them to right their wrongs have been to absolutely no avail. To my knowledge, they do not have a phone number to call regarding any sort of issue with their service which, in my book, shows an even greater lack of concern for their users’ issues. Additionally, the cost is greater than the reward. You would need to spend hundreds to perhaps even thousands of dollars and months of your time just for a measly $40 gift card. They really need to adjust that ratio for the benefit of the users—that AND they need to provide more RESPONSIVE support rather than the passive, practically nonexistent support that they have now. I think I speak for all other users when I say that it would make us happier if this were to all come true. Until then, I guess we’ll have to do as Led Zeppelin has before us and Dream On.

by G4b®i3∫

Let me be clear, this is not fun, quick or convenient. I’ve had it for 2 years. I have 5k+ reward of uploading every receipt imaginable. It takes 6500 points to earn $40. In this covid situation to get real receipts from grocery stores you have to go inside. Receipt barely honors emailed receipts, because you have to keep the phone flat/parallel to ground. You can take a screen shot of computer, you can’t screen shot and upload from phone, and the printed email is 8x11 makes font too small for receipt approving associates to approve. Countless “image blurred” from normal receipts or “not entire receipt” - from perfect photos from my iPhone 8+ - one of best camera phone on market since 2017. What is wrong with this system? Too slow, too picky, too timely to earn rewards. It make “work”, compared to most competition, but it doesn’t work well or quick or convenient enough for me. 2 years - too slow. And the rewards system is a machine slot game that only gives you rewards 35% of the time. I’ve never won a raffle, 1 receipt = 0-5 coins, 1 coin = raffle. But apparently many people win 5K coins everyday? I just think it’s a waste of brain energy - like every other “rewards” technology. Please improve fun features, receipt readability technology or train associates to read properly and fix your rewards timeline. Sheesh. Good day.

by Cobby10

I like ReceiptHog but it really needs more ways to earn rewards.

I’ve been using ReceiptHog for almost 3 months and I still haven’t made $5 yet. I add about 3 valid receipts per week, and about 10 receipts I have from purchases can not be used per week. ReceiptHog requires you to upload receipts from well known established retail store. But my local deli I go to for breakfast doesn’t provide a valid receipt, my local gas station doesn’t either. The bagel place I go to on the weekends doesn’t have a valid receipt and the local hardware store doesn’t either. Unless you shop at Walmart/target WaWa or Quick-Check you can’t upload a receipt. Mom and pop shops, you can’t use them. Which is really frustrating since those small local shops usually have the best food and retail.

So, sadly after 3 months, I got no rewards. I’m going to use ReceiptHog until I can cash out my $5 gift card and delete ReceiptHog . I wish that wasn’t the case but I’m not spending the time collecting receipts every shopping trip to only get $10 per year. That’s a lot of time spent on ReceiptHog!! I don’t blame them, I don’t see how they are even able to give me any money. but there’s nothing to draw me to keep going with ReceiptHog.

by Female Intuition

You can’t upload more than 3 receipts from the same store. Ok so when you go to a store that has different counters and you have to go by 3 of them, why should it matter? Kohl’s is like that, Walgreens is like that, even Walmart is like that in some cases. I find that ridiculous, so say I make multiple trips to a store due to forgetting something, like flu season where I am is in a hype. So that means if I have more than one receipts from the store because I went back for more stuff I can’t use them.... seems like the longer I have ReceiptHog the stupider the rules become. Moving on to the other issue I have I’ve been told that it’s not a complete receipt, or the date was wrong, 1) the date they looked at was the return date allowed (wrong year) 2) I have the receipts that print out, what am I supposed to do accuse the cashier of not giving me the full receipt? I have other receipt apps that does the same thing if not offer a better deal, they have never gave me this much of a headache

by Allison E F

I have several different receipt scan apps I use regularly and would say this one is about average. I say this mainly because it takes a lot longer than most apps to earn rewards based on the receipts that they accept and the coins awarded. I do like the slots, surveys and levels because there’s that element of surprise when you never know if you’re going to unexpectedly earn more, but it doesn’t happen often. I also wish that you could get coins and not just sweepstake entries for gas and restaurant receipts. Because honestly, your chances of a actually winning a sweepstakes are so small and it would be much more beneficial to be awarded coins instead. ReceiptHog also has a difficult time recognizing smaller merchants and will often tell you that the image is “unreadable” or doesn’t qualify for rewards when it does. You have the option to report this as a mistake in ReceiptHog but it doesn’t always solve the issue and it might take multiple attempts.

Overall, it’s free money and I can’t complain about that but unless you are using in conjunction with multiple other apps, it might not be worth it to some people to wait months just to earn a few bucks.

by Kdh88

I’ve had ReceiptHog since 2013 and I must say, it has its pros and cons. It’s pretty straight forward with receipt upload limits and redemptions. I’ve noticed that with every update, a new problem occurs that prevents one from getting coin rewards. I’m not sure of the point of uploading restaurant/fast food receipts. They give you sweepstakes entries but the chance of you actually winning a sweepstakes is slim to none. I’d rather they give you spins that way you have more of a chance to win something (even if it’s 2 coins….something is better than nothing). The Question/Feedback section is faulty. It’s practically impossible to contact them and get a response. If you try to look and see if there are any responses, ReceiptHog completely crashes. I currently have an inquiry open and have no clue if they will respond and if I’ll actually get a response. The issue right now is when you upload big receipts (ones that reward you 15+ coins), ReceiptHog doesn’t load the receipt and it stays uploading way past the deadline for the upload week and you lose out on coins. Kinda frustrating. ReceiptHog does work somewhat better than some of the other receipt reward apps I’ve encountered, I just wish the contact method was more reliable. The updates that add new features is nice, but being able to actually speak with someone about features that do not work, would be even better….

by Nickiedoo

I’ve been using ReceiptHog for over a year now, and my goal is to get to 6500 points for the $40. I use my receipts and my families. I don’t pay attention to whether or not they end up going through, being too blurry, or old. If they went through (for the most part they do) then great; if not it does not bother me and I’m not gonna waste my time trying to track them down. I save up my receipts and enter them when I have the time vs doing it every time I get one so that might be the case as to the length of time. I mean it’s ‘free’ money in the end so I can’t complain, just sharing my experience. However, whenever you don’t upload for a bit the little piggy gets all skinny with his ribs poking out and he has a sad frown... which isn’t cool as there are real people starving out there and people using ReceiptHog are so lucky to be able to upload receipts from buying stuff to get more money. Please change that and maybe just give him a sad face instead of a starved body. Once I get the gift card I’ll remove ReceiptHog . Over all I’d recommend if you don’t mind sharing data about your shopping habits.

by Sammie79eimmas

I’ve had ReceiptHog for a while now. It takes 1000 coins to get to $5 PayPal cash out. On average I’m getting 10 coins per receipt sometimes zero and I get a ticket for the drawing or a spin on the game where you could win coins. For me personally, it takes a while to get to $5. I mean, you’d be throwing the receipt in the trash anyway so why not. Im really on the fence about deleting ReceiptHog. I want to over how long it takes to get to $5 but I don’t cuz that $5 comes in handy at times and can add up 🤷🏻‍♀️ hopefully they will up how many coins you receive or make the slots better. When I get a spin I win 2 coins at most I think I’ve won 5. ReceiptHog is amazing as far as advertisement! No pop ups or watching videos every 10 seconds like some apps. They don’t send countless notifications either! That’s great! You need to try for yourself to see if it’s for you. I’ll say this, I shop a LOT! Takes me a couple months (at least) to get to $5.

by - That - GIRL-

Great handy app that keeps record of your receipts for you while earning you real money rewards! it’s a win win. ReceiptHog could be better though. online purchases don’t count. And they should! I spend a lot of money online since COVID 19 reared it’s ugly face so I feel I could benefit more if that was an option .also keep in mind there is a very slow level up ability. If I could link more than one email account I’d be a happy customer!!! Developers please listen to this request!! Being able to to upload pictures from my phone to ReceiptHog would be extremely helpful as I throw tons of them away when I’m cleaning out my cars. Had I been able to snap a pic for later upload I’d be submitting sooo many more receipts. Also Hog slot spins hardly ever pay off. I have never won the daily prize either and I have been uploading daily for many many months now.. disappointed to say the least in that part.

by Mrs. Clark 06

This is an actual app, that does pay out after so many collected coins. However, there are a few things that I DO NOT like about ReceiptHog. Sometimes, they do not give you the correct rewards that you are suppose to receive. The amounts that they reveal for your receipt are sometimes wrong. They do not have an actual live person that you can speak to about any conflict that you have with ReceiptHog. You can only submit an automated request 3 times and hope they get it right. If they do not give you the credit after the third time, you will never see that credit. I have tried to contact them by email, but no one responds. That was over a month and a half ago. They need to really do better with these issues. It is frustrating when you are not receiving the correct rewards & there is nothing you can do about it. But I will continue to look and investigate.

by Recmm

The bonus surveys are now hidden in the receipts tabs. You don't know you are eligible for a survey unless you click on individual receipts. A few times I have started the surveys and then not been able to complete them due to a glitch in the system. Disappointing, but I still enjoy ReceiptHog ! Almost perfect for what it's designed to do.

*Update 9/25. I was able to complete a survey today, but it was very frustrating. Receipt Hog should look into the bonus survey software...or it could be because I have an older phone.

Update 10/1. I've learned to check my completed receipts for bonus opportunities. When doing the surveys I've learned to swipe the screen to the left to move to the next question. Swipe to the right to go to the previous question. Hope this helps to relieve others frustration. Very happy hogger!

Update 1/22. Stick with it if you can. In the last four months I have been given the opportunity to complete dozens of surveys, one for 800 points. The only complaint I have is that you use to be able to see how many weeks you had to complete before leveling up. Now you just have to rely on the status bar...really not a big deal.

Update 4/4: I won 2000 coins on Hog Slots today. It really happens to real people. Shout out to Receipt Hog!

by LauraBlackbird

Update:Still using and loving Receipt Hog! I’m now level 24, and those larger payouts you receive for gaining each level get really nice. I see my parents a few times each week and they give me their receipts too & every bit helps! If you redeem onto PayPal you get extra cash back if you spend with your PayPal debit card.

Yes, it takes some time to remember to snap every receipt, if you’re patient you will be well rewarded. There’s other advantages to photographing your receipts too. I throw mine away after adding them to RH (unless it’s a very large purchase, something like electronics or furniture) and I’ve had more than one store let me use the receipt as proof of purchase to return an item. We also use an online/phone linked program to track our spending and RH is very handy to look back at our input for the month, every penny does count!

by Sfhkoyrw

Consistently over which receipts are acceptable and which ones has changed and are unfair. I’ll explain. (1) More receipts than ever are being rejected. (2) businesses that were once accepted are being rejected, for an unknown reason. (3) almost every large purchase is being rejected. I get it, you don’t want users to accumulate points as quickly as we once could. Not right! (4) Two receipts from same business are submitted. One is accepted, the other rejected. Almost always the lesser amount of the two is accepted. (5) we work diligently to upload these receipts - it’s not a fun thing to do, but I do it for a measly small dollar gift card that takes forever to achieve. (6) too many receipts are marked wrong, wrong amounts, claims that receipts are blurry when they are fully readable, a few are legit, but far too many are mislabeled; then when i challenge the errors, nothing is done. (7) if you want me to continue using ReceiptHog clean up your act. (8) the fact that ReceiptHog makes a record of purchases and can be used to return items is nice, but there are other apps that will do same thing. (8) if your recent changes are permanent please communicate honestly with your users what new rules are ... to be fair.

by Littlebs1

I’ve been a Receipt Hog customer/app user for the past 3 years and have never run into a single issue besides about a year ago, they changed their reward amount payment for the customer/app user to a ridiculous amount of tokens required to receive a decent reward or CASH OUT (and any cash for time app user knows how important cashing out is, the ease of access cashing out, and the amount of tokens/points it actually takes to cash out.) But I’m not here to complain, not even a little because again, I absolutely love ReceiptHog! Anything I say here should just be considered as app feedback. Oh one last thing, please go the route most apps are taking now and have an instantaneous cash out process rather than having your customers/app users wait a minimum of 2 business days to even receive their hard earned cash. All in all, great app, use it every day, and absolutely love it!

by LINYLIZAMARNETTE

If you like rewards for the money you already spend and don’t mind taking a photo of receipt then this is the free app 4u. By taking a picture of your receipt, an added benefit is you can throw out paper receipts that fade and take up space. ReceiptHog holds copies of your receipts you’ve photographed by chronological date order. If you have a return or issue, simply go to receipts, store name, date, press camera bottom on bottom bar of app and you can view the receipt to show proof of purchase, payment, date, etc. I love it. 5+ stars. Be careful however, to not slack on photographing your receipts because they are only accepted for rewards if uploaded by specific dates. If u miss out on rewards, I would recommend still taking a pic. So that u have it on your phone. Enjoy. I tell everyone about Receipt hog. The only thing I would like to recommend would be to add more variety as to reward redemptions. More gift card options. Thank you.

by 1227mom46

Customer service is non-existent. I have been contacting them for months asking them to assist with updating my email address because the address on file no longer exists. They never reply. ReceiptHog itself sends an email with instructions TO THE ADDRESS THAT NO LONGER EXISTS. They also make a lot of mistakes when checking receipts. They deny coins and indicate it’s an “old receipt” when clearly the date is visible and shows I submitted it the same day I shopped. They deny coins and indicate it isn’t a complete receipt when in fact the entire receipt is pictured. They deny coins and indicate the receipt is blurry. The photos are taken with iphone8+ and are as clear as day. Their errors cause user to resubmit and verification takes even longer. When I cash out using my IBOTTA app the money is in my PayPal account within five seconds. I wonder why it takes a week when I cash out with receipt hog!! I’m deleting ReceiptHog and I honestly wouldn’t recommend ReceiptHog on any level.

by Jessi Hardy

You get 2 apps in one with Receipt Hog.
1, You get points towards getting real cash towards stuff you buy anyways. Why wouldn’t you just upload your receipt towards getting free money? No brainer.
And 2, You can treat ReceiptHog as a receipt scanner. It has come in handy multiple times whenever I needed to return something and lost the receipt. I can just pull up Receipt Hog, search for the store name, and voila! Receipt when I need it and no more need to try and keep up with paper receipts. Even better, I can send the receipt to someone else in case they are returning something on my behalf or if I purchased something as a gift for them that they need to exchange or return.

My only criticism is that I wish there was an option to share ReceiptHog with friends and get rewarded for sharing ReceiptHog . (Most apps do offer some kind of incentive to invite others to join.) I don’t even see a share ReceiptHog option to share to Facebook friends within ReceiptHog itself.

by Hfkwhfjhdj

It’s slow going to earn cash, but the effort is minimal and ReceiptHog itself is decent. I’ve used ReceiptHog for roughly 5 years, and I’ve redeemed a total of $110 (cashed out three times for $30, $40, and $40). The minimum cash out amount is $5 (or 1,000 coins) and doesn’t take terribly long to obtain. You can earn 100 coins per week, plus additional coins from receipts that give you spins on the slot machine, so you can earn a $5 cash out every 2.5 months or less if you’re an active user. You don’t need to buy anything specific as far as the receipts go, just take a photo of them. Most qualify. The more you spend, the more you earn in coins. If the receipt doesn’t qualify for coins, you still get a sweepstakes entry or a slot machine spin. Be advised that you aren’t going to make a ton of money with ReceiptHog, but it’s a good app to casually use and earn coins with and then cash out $30 or $40 for extra spending money on a vacation or whatever.

by Ihij

So I got ReceiptHog figuring it wouldn’t amount to much, honestly. I try a lot of cash apps. This one has actually helped me more than I realized it would. I still haven’t gotten enough coins to do a payout to my PayPal and I’ve had it for about three months but I’m over half way there and I honestly don’t shop that much (single female) so I’m okay with that. The part of ReceiptHog that has actually helped me a lot is the fact that after a receipt is submitted you can go back and look at it. I’ve used this on more than one occasion now. Most recently I needed to know the date that I purchased my vacuum cleaner on so I could set up the warranty. The paper receipt is probably long gone now considering I put off setting up the warranty for over a month now. The website actually required the date I purchased it so I was able to go back through my purchases and find the correct receipt and see the exact date I purchased it. So if you’re needing a way to keep up with your receipts this is a good way to do that and earn a little money at the same time.

by =+Amberlicious+=

I downloaded this out of boredom, positive this was another drop in the ocean of "Do these 4 million easy jobs and make 8 cents! WOW!" ... but I got lucky (as I understand they are no longer accepting people because of the numbers joined) - turns out you ACTUALLY do what you normally do - shop, and the major difference in your routine is you snap a picture of it. ReceiptHog is cute, the writers are funny, you get real rewards for normal stuff, plus constant vegas-style bonuses (though in hindsight I've never seen pigs posing centerfold-style in a festive outfit in Vegas. Doesn't mean Vegas doesn't have that though. It's Vegas, so ...)
I'm not collecting Maseratis because of ReceiptHog, but it's been fun collecting little pretend gold coins for real-life gift cards - and you don't even have to do it every day. You have a 2-week window if you're really busy. But if you can't manage to pop in every 2 weeks for snapshots, slots, and oinking goofy pigs dressed like leprechauns, you might be dead inside and likely wouldn't enjoy cashing in for the prizes anyway.
Can't say anything bad - this is a great idea and fun while being productive and worthwhile at the same time. Yay lepigchauns!

by Panda71

Please update my phone number so I can cash out, I wrote you 6 times now and this. I should have gotten an answer over 90 days ago!! Please send my Visa card if $15 plus for many rewards and coins I never got now please. I'll review you again once you respond finally. Thanks!!

I spent ALOT of time on ReceiptHog putting in my receipt photos to get rewards, but a lot of times I get “receipt blurry “ when they’re clear, “ineligible receipt “ when I got rewards other times for the same place, or “not full receipt“ when I definitely make sure to check that my receipt is fully there. I write them a lot and don’t get responses most of the time. If we put our time and effort in to put these receipts then they should take their time and make sure we are getting the points and rewards we are entitled to because they are using our receipts for their gain some way. And I wish the rewards were easier to get and better because it takes a very long time to get $5 or $15..... ☹️

by Lizzzzzzyyyyyu

I download my receipts, accumulate points which I have cashed out three times (great extra cash) and get a convenient record of my receipts. I love that ReceiptHog gives consumers like me a voice in letting food, health, beauty and other product manufacturing corporations and conglomerates know what values shape our purchasing decisions. The surveys especially contribute to this. Very easy to use app but frustrating because sometimes it takes 5 days or more to process and reward receipts. Then either by downloading more receipts or waiting until the previous ones process I end up losing points which is disappointing and annoying. At least two receipts completely disappeared after I entered and tossed them so now I’m out the points but more importantly I don’t have a record of one large purchase. I should have kept the receipt anyway. It’s difficult to get any customer support on ReceiptHog .